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The 23 pages that link to Joseph II, each with the reason it gives.

• Habsburg MonarchyBroader topic: His policies tested the limits of imposing uniform reform on diverse lands.

• Catherine the GreatCompared with: His more sweeping reforms offer a comparison with Catherine’s cautious accommodation of Russian elites.

• Maria TheresaBroader topic: Their joint rule paired her experience with his drive for reform.

• House of HabsburgBroader topic: His centralizing reforms reveal how rulers tried to govern the monarchy’s diverse territories.

• Charles III of SpainCompared with: His reforms invite comparison with Charles’s more cautious, institutionally focused program.

• WaltzRelated: His court’s policies and entertainments formed part of the Viennese setting in which the waltz gained prominence.

• Enlightened absolutismBroader topic: His rapid reforms reveal both the ambitions and political limits of rule from above.

• Hungarian DietCompared with: His rule illustrates the conflict between reform from above and the Diet's constitutional claims.

• The Marriage of FigaroRelated: His court allowed the opera’s performance after Beaumarchais’s play had faced censorship.

• Austrian NetherlandsRelated: His rapid reforms provoked the rebellion that briefly displaced Austrian rule.

• Grigory PotemkinRelated: He toured Crimea with Catherine and Potemkin in 1787, underscoring their imperial ambitions.

• Kingdom of Galicia and LodomeriaRelated: His reign brought Galicia into a period of centralized reform.

• Antonio SalieriRelated: As emperor, he supported the court theaters where Salieri held major musical posts.

• JosephinismBroader topic: His policies gave Josephinism its name and most forceful expression.

• Lorenzo Da PonteRelated: His court’s cultural institutions provided the setting for Da Ponte’s Vienna career.

• War of the Bavarian SuccessionRelated: He pursued the exchange that brought Austrian troops into Bavaria.

• Austrian ArmyRelated: His centralizing policies tested how far military institutions could be standardized across the monarchy.

• Brabant RevolutionRelated: His reforms in the Austrian Netherlands provoked opposition that helped trigger the uprising.

• Vienna BurgtheaterRelated: His reign reshaped the court theater’s administration and repertoire.

• Ernst Gideon von LaudonRelated: Laudon commanded Habsburg forces during Joseph II’s war against the Ottoman Empire.

• Emanuel SchikanederRelated: His cultural policies and Vienna’s expanding public theaters formed part of Schikaneder’s setting.

• Battle of KaránsebesRelated: His command and the army’s troubled campaign form the episode’s political setting.

• History of ViennaRelated: His policies altered civic, religious, and administrative life in Vienna.